The worst thing that can happen to a man is to succeed before he is ready.

The Christian faith is ultimately not only a matter of doctrine or understanding or of intellect, it is a condition of the heart.

Always respond to every impulse to pray. The impulse to pray may come when you are reading or when you are battling with a text. I would make an absolute law of this: always obey such an impulse.

Faith is the refusal to panic.

The nearer a man gets to God, the greater he sees his sin.

Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself?

If you look at your past and are depressed it means that you are listening to the devil.

There is nothing more foolish or self-defeating than for a Christian to say that he is not interested in doctrines.

The glory of the gospel is that when the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it.

The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.

Conviction is not repentance; conviction leads to repentance. But you can be convicted without repentance.

When the cat gets hungry, it starts to steal.

When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that really hit me.

I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice

There's no such thing as a good or bad culture, it's either a strong or weak culture. And a good culture for somebody else may not be a good culture for you.

For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens on television, we have every right to find it fascinating, whatever it is.

Barack Obama will appeal to both black and white voters in America. White voters who'll think he's Tiger Woods.

Until I came along all the leading men were handsome, but luckily they wrote a lot of stories about the fellow next door.

I think when you're really stressed out and can't really face reality... you shop.

Don't get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is greater than our weakness.

The poet represents the mind in the act of defending us against itself.